The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead of insects (昆虫). Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one spot for years. Sometimes several hundred of them occupy (占据) a single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.

    Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the ground and squeaks (尖叫) for help. Then the older ones swoop (俯冲) down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

26. The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in______.

   A. their size.                             B. their appearance.

   C. the way they rest.                       D. .the kind of food they eat.

27. Flying foxes tend to ______.

   A. double (翻一番) their number every year.

   B. fight and kill a lot of themselves.

   C. lose a lot of their young.

   D. move from place to place constantly.

28. At daybreak every day flying foxes begin to______.

   A. fly out toward the sun.                   B. look for a new resting place.

   C. come back to their home.                 D. go out and look for food.

29. Flying foxes have fights ______.

   A. to occupy the best resting places.           B. only when it is dark.

   C. to protect their homes from outsiders (外来者).

   D. when there is not enough food.

30. How do flying foxes care for their young?

   A. They only care for their own babies.

   B. They share the feeding of their young.

   C. They help when a baby bat is in danger.

   D. They often leave home and forget their young.

A. Homework is a dominant part of going to school.

B. Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.

C. When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.

D. But if you’re really concentrating, waIt until it’s a good time to stop.

AB. And no teacher still believe that “chewed by the dog” line-- even when it’s true.

AC. In conclusion, no one is excepted to stay long, and people have very different learning styles.

   Do arithmetic problems 15 trough 25. State the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your English workbook. Recite the whole passage of the Peacock Flies to the Southeast, and don’t forget to fill in the missing chemical symbols on the worksheet.

   Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights--- or maybe even just for tonight (82)____ It’s your teachers’ way of evaluating how much you understand what’s going on in class. It helps strengthen important concepts.

    (83)_______ It’s inviting to start with the easy things to get them out of the way. However, you will have the most energy and focus when you begin, so it’s best to us this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging which without a doubt should be English. Later, when you are more tired, you can focus on the simpler things like maths. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can-- but don’t spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night. Most people’s attention spans aren’t very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people. (84)_______.

   Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack---there’s nothing worse than having a completed assinment that you can’t find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister.(85)_______ Now you’re free to hang out.

Doing voluntary work abroad is a great way for you to learn about service learning and know better about the world and different cultures. Visit our websites for further details.

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Since 1993, Broadreach has taken over 12, 000 students on their worldwide summer adventure volunteer programs for middle school, high school students. Their 75 + program offerings include marine biology, sailing, medicine, culture, arts, community service and leadership adventures. Programs are located in 40 + countries.

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Cross-Cultural Solutions CCS teen summer service trips are for high school students aged 15-17. The High School Volunteer Abroad program offers you an awesome opportunity to volunteer side-by-side wifh local people. You can also meet new friends on a teens-only group volunteering project in Costa Rica, India, Peru, Ghana, and so on. You’ll participate in many cultural activities during the week and on weekends.

Cost： Contact us for pricing and availability

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United Planet

United Planet offers volunteer abroad programs in four destinations for those under 18.Volunteers may work in nursing home, Community Service Stations or in environmental conservation projects. Destinations include Romania, Peru, Ecuador and Chile. Candidates 16 years and older can apply.

Cost： According to the length of your stay Tel： 617-267-7763

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25. If you join Broadreach Summer Adventures, you’ll      .

A. travel around the world with 12,000 students

B. learn how to build a house on your own

C. experience adventures with your guide

D. get to know something about medicine

26. What can you do in Cross-Cultural Solutions?

A. Explore beautiful sights.

B. Know more about sea life.

C. Do volunteer work with local people.

D. Have the opportunity to visit four destinations.

27. Who may have great interest in the four programs?

A. Teens who want to volunteer abroad.

B. People who want to work abroad.

C. Teens who want to study abroad.

D. People who want to travel abroad.

Based on new analysis, we are rapidly approaching major climate change and the effects on society and the environment could be quite severe. Geographers predict that within the next eighty years, current world climate zones could shift and some could completely disappear. Polar regions (极地)will get colder while tropical(热带的)regions will get even hotter, forcing animals to migrate(迁徙)north．

Climate changes like these could lead to the spread of diseases. Tropical storms and hurricanes will not only, increase but may also become more intense. If the changes come too quickly, animal and plant species may not be able to adapt fast enough and could disappear.

According to Science Daily, a new study predicts that by the year 2100, many of today's familiar climates will be replaced by climates unknown in today's world. It is urgent that we reduce the risks of these far-reaching consequences for the whole world. The. planet, itself has been showing signs of change. In 2004, a serious tsunami created by a major earthquake killed thousands in Sumatra and in 2008, thousands died in China because of another severe earthquake. Egypt was hit in 2009 with a major earthquake and Haiti was completely destroyed in 2010 by yet another massive earthquake.

Within just the last few months, new reports from around the world have been coming in and most agree that our climate situation is much worse than previously thought. At this point, it doesn't matter what is causing it, but rather, what can be done about it. What's more, our world is getting more and more unstable every year. There is war and threat of war everywhere. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and serious.

However, other planets are experiencing global warming as well as our own and some scientists believe there may be some connection between this. No. one knows anything for sure at this point because there is simply not enough data.

12. What is the major function of Paragraph 1?

A. To arouse the readers' concern.

B. To introduce the theme.

C. To summarize the whole passage.

D. To state how the climate changes.

13. What is the author's purpose in using the examples of earthquakes?

A. To show major changes are taking place on the planet.

B. To remind people to prevent future earthquakes.

C. To show the damage earthquakes caused.

D. To tell us more earthquakes will happen in the future.

14. Which of the following is NOT true of the climate change's effects?

A. Animals and plant species may not be able to adapt fast enough and could disappear.

B. It could lead to the spread of diseases.

C. Current world climate zones could shift and completely disappear.

D. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and serious.

15. What can be inferred from the Passage?

A. Animals and plants won't die out as long as climate changes slowly.

B. There's enough data for us to predict the future of climate change.

C. The world is getting more unstable because of animal migration.

D. The earth is not the only planet that is experiencing Climate change.

Last week，all the teachers and students of our school watched a special performance by some disabled people．The first program was a dance named “The light of life”．To my surprise，all the dancers had lost one of their legs．As they were performing，I could see how they had to face so many difficulties．However，they showed us many wonderful programs．From these programs，I could see how lively their minds were．

The two persons who came out next shocked us all．The first one was a singer．He was very young but unfortunately he had lost both of his hands in a big fire．The song he brought us was  “Late Autumn” and he sang it in such a low and sweet voice．Though it was warm spring， I felt a little cold when I heard the song as if it was really late autumn．“How much love and feeling is hidden in my heart? I wish to hold your hands again．” Hearing this，I couldn’t keep back my tears．

The other one was also a young man．He lost both of his arms when he was six．From then on，his feet became his “hands”．However，he could manage a number of things with his feet．What moved us most was his feet writing．The two words “Flying High” expressed his wishes．

“If your wings are gone，your heart can still fly，” said Zhang Haidi，a disabled writer．

In the world，there are many disabled people，yet most of them don't give in．They have strong wishes and beautiful dreams．Just as Zhang Haidi said they could fly．

Disability doesn't mean complete failure．Once you try hard，miracles（奇迹）will happen sooner or later．I believe where there is a will，there is a way．

33．The teachers and students          last week．

A．saw a film                             B．held a party

C．watched a football match               D．watched a performance

34．Why did the writer feel cold when he heard the song “Late Autumn”?

A．Because it was cold at that moment.

B．Because he had a bad cold．

C．Because it was late autumn and the weather was cool．

D．Because the song was moving．

35．The underlined word “shocked” probably means         ．

A．surprised         B．crashed           C．warned         D．sounded

36．“Flying High” expressed the wish of         ．

A．a blind person               B．a person with no arms

C．a person without feet        D．a person with neither hands nor feet

37．What do you think is the best title for this passage?

A．An unforgettable Day                   B．Some Disabled people

C．A Special Performance                  D．A Strange Writer

Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (紧张) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more relaxed (放松)around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don't judge.

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about I1 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average of 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs - and found it worth doing.

12. What does the text mainly discuss?

A. What pets bring to their owners.

B. How pets help people calm down.

C. People's opinions of keeping pets.

D. Pet's value in medical research.

13. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if

A. he has a pet companion

B. he has less stress of work

C. he often does mental arithmetic

D. he is taken care of by his family

14. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?

A. They have lower blood pressure.

B. They become more patient.

C. They are less nervous.

D. They are in higher spirits.

15. The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that

A. people with dogs did more exercise

B. dogs lost the same weight as people did

C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did

D. people without dogs found the program unhelpful

    It’s hard to imagine how a single-celled blob (单细胞斑点）in the ocean evolved into a fish* a turtle, or eventually a human. 2.5 billion years ago, lives on Earth were all single-celled. Then, these tiny creatures started getting bigger, evolving into multi-celled  blobs that eventually became animals. Multicellularity is one of the most important steps in evolution, but it’s hard to study because tiny blobs in the ocean don’t really leave fossils behind.

    However, there're plenty of single-celled creatures still living today. And one of them, the choanoflagellate (领鞭毛虫)，seems to be our closest living smgle-celled cousin. This means that , long time ago, a common ancestor of both you and the choanoflagellate evolved in two different directions. By looking at what choanonagelates and animals have m common, scientists  can start to describe that single-celled common ancestor.“Choanoflagellates are really a unique Window back in time to the origin  of  ammals and humans.” said Dan Rokhsar of the University of California.

   Looking at a choanoflagellate,it's impossible to see any resemblance to an animal.It  seems by moving a long tail. The tail has tentacles that catch bacteria to eat. But inside that single cell in the genes, Dan Rokhsar and his team found something interesting. Choanoflagellates   genes produce cadherin proteins (钙粘蛋白)，which have a well-known role in animals: they slick cells together like glue. But a choanoflagellate only has one cell! Scientist Nicole King thought that the choanoflagellaes used this glue to hold themselves to the surlace of water. Fhe leap to multicellularity then makes more sense, because the first multi-ceiled creatures were able to put this glue to a new and different purpose—holding their cells together! Now that's a clever trick of evolution.

32. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Multi-celled blobs didn^ exist on the earth until 1 billion years ago.

B. Choanoflagelates and animals share nothing in common.

C. Choanoflagellates and human beings share the same ancestors.

D. By watching the movement of a choanoflagellate, scientists have found that it resembles an aniinaL

33. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The function of a single-ce] led blob.

B. The features of multicellularity.

C. The result of scientists’ study on the multicelled blobs.

D.The evolution of single-celled blobs.

34. Why is it difficult for scientists to study the process of multicellularity?

A. Because it happened billions of years ago.

B. Because they couldn't find any fossils in the ocean.

C. Because no singie-celiecl blobs have been left for them.

D. Because both humans and animals evolved from single-celled blobs.

35. Cadherin protein from choanoflagellates’ genes are probably used to        .

A. stick them to the surface of water

B. produce their own ceils

C. hold their cells together

D. swim with a long tail

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Peter,

I am writing to offer my sincere congratulation to you on your winning the first prize in the Chinese Chess Network Challenge. As you friend, I just want you to know how gladly I am at your success.

For years, you’ve stayed highly interesting in Chinese chess but kept on practicing it every day.

Not only have you read much books about Chinese chess strategies, but also you have participated all kinds of Chinese chess competitions. Finally, you succeed in winning the online competition! I’m so happy that you’ve become the champion of this network challenge.

At last, I hope to play Chinese chess with you so that we can make the progress together. Please telling me when you take time.

Yours,

Li Hua

假设你是高二学生李华，从学校布告栏获悉新的超市即将开业。请你给超市经理写一封信，就超市的管理方面提一些建议。建议内容包括：

1.商品价格合理；

       2.品种多样，满足住宿生需求；

       3.保证食品质量。

注意：1.词数100左右；

      2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：住宿生boarding students

Dear Manager,

   I am delighted to have learned that a new school supermarket is to open soon.

Sincerely,

Li Hua

What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange and red?         36      Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference as well as the effect that colors have on human beings.        37   . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

         38        A yellow room makes most people more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one. And a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.      39       A black bridge over the Thames River near London, used to be the scene of more suicides (自杀)than any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.

         40        it is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.

A. On the other hand, black is depressing.

B. They tell us, among those facts, that we don’t choose our favorite color as we grow up-we are born with our preference.

C. The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.

D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.

E. Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.

F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.

G. Colors do influence our moods. There is no doubt about it.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

How can we help children in poor areas complete his basic education? Since their lack of education mainly result from low family income, to collect money for them is of greatly importance. With enough money, they will finish their education very easily than before. Besides, good teachers are also needed improve the teaching in such areas. They can teach there but help train the local teachers. What’s more, we can organize various event to increase these children’s interest at learning. We can also guide them to realize that the importance of education to their future. After all, their willingness to learn is the key to continue their school education.

       假设你是李华，一名高三学生，在网络上看到一所国外大学的招生信息（admission information），该大学对中国学生开设30多个专业，你对此非常感兴趣，打算用英语写一份个人申请，主要内容包括：

       1.想申请的专业；

       2.个人优势；

       3.进入大学后的设想；

       注意：1.词数100左右；

                2.书信格式已给出；

                3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

Yours

Li Hua

The WFP has launched a new app called Share The Meal, ________ the potential, people believe, is enormous as it allows smart­phone users to make donations with a simple tap on their phone.

A. whose  B. that  C. which  D. of which

假设你是李华，周末准备做一名兼职英语导游，父母担心会影响你的学业而不同意你的看法。你的英国朋友Jeff是一名兼职导游，请你根据以下要点给Jeff写一封信。

1.       表明写信目的；

2.       谈谈自己的问题及想法；

3.       希望得到Jeff的帮助。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

      2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

      3. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Jeff,

How are you doing? __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                    
                                                              Yours sincerely,

                                                    Li Hua

 The reason         I’m writing is to tell you about a party on Saturday.

   A. because           B. why               C. for              D. as

In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”, John Keynes, a famous economist, wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs, which are independent of what others have, and relative needs, which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的), this is not true of absolute needs.

Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands.

Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.

There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sports car on the market. Priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.

By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.

29. According to the passage, John Keynes believed that_________

30. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3? （0 分）

31. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

32. The author of the passage mainly argues that _________

Before discussing different kinds of emotions,let us briefly talk about how researchers measure bodily processes and action or behavior,and how this relates to what we do in our daily lives when we observe emotions in others.

Bodily processes can be directly measured by means of a polygraph.When a polygraph is skillfully used to compare how we react bodily with what we are saying,it is called a “lie detector”.Bodily processes can also be measured indirectly.This is what we do when we observe someone blushing (脸红).However,we are not always aware of what bodily processes respond to.

Measuring action or behavior is the other way researchers assess the emotions.For example,one measure of fear of snakes is how close a person will go to the snake.Another procedure is to have a person tell how afraid he is,or how he feels.In this way,researchers have developed the so－called “fear thermometer” to assess a person's fear.In our everyday living,we do very much the same thing.Only not too systematically,we react to what a person does, what he says,how he says it,and how he looks.Is he smiling? Is his voice trembling? We put all this observations together to infer what a person is feeling.

However,we do not always act as we feel.Sometimes we do things that we don't feel like doing.Sometimes we say we feel one way and then we act another.Actors,for example,successfully learn to “make believe” emotions,or learn to hide them.Thus we cannot always tell what a person is feeling by what he says or by what he does.

29.Which of the following statements is NOT true? 

A.We can never tell what a person is feeling.

B.The “fear thermometer” is a way to measure how fearful a person is.

C.Researchers can assess the emotions in some ways.

D.People do not always know what bodily processes they respond to.

30.The underlined word “assess” in the 3rd paragraph is close in meaning to ______.

A.make                   B.measure               C.discuss                D.develop

31.The writer uses the example of actors in order to argue that ______.

A.it is rather easy to become successful actors                B.people do not always act as they feel

C.we can never believe what other people say                D.actors are always telling lies

32.The passage is mainly about ______.

A.the way of assessing the emotion                         B.the usefulness of a “lie detector” 

C.the functioning of different emotions                     D.the development of the “fear thermometer”

 Here is some advice on food shopping. Generally speaking, each family spends about one-sixth of its income on food. Because food is expensive, it is important to spend money wisely  21   you shop.

    A careful shopper can prepare nourishing (有营养的) and tasty meals inexpensively. Here are some suggestions to help you   22   better.

  Buy only the food you need. There are several ways to avoid buying   23   food. First, ___24__a shopping list before you go to the store. Then, when you are at the store,    25   your list carefully.    26   , do not go shopping if you are hungry. When you are hungry, foods look very tasty and you want to buy more than you need.    27 , go shopping alone if you can. If you shop with your young children, they often ask you to buy unnecessary food like sweets.

When you have a    28  , choose the least expensive brand (商标) of a product. There are  29    points to remember when you buy canned tomatoes, for example. First, look at the advertisement in the newspaper to see if your supermarket is  30   a “special” on canned tomatoes.   31   this, when you are in the store, you should check the  32   for each pound of tomatoes. Sometimes you save money if you buy the larger size can sometimes, however, you do not. Third, remember that a grade A product or a more expensive product is not necessarily more healthful     33   a grade B or less expensive product. Grade A tomatoes may look better,   34  all canned tomatoes have the same nutrients.

  Shoppers seem to have special    35   when they buy fresh fruits and vegetables. There are several things to consider when buying fresh foods. Because fresh foods   36    if they are not used, you have to buy the correct amount for the number of people you are serving. Next,  37   to use fresh foods that are in season because fresh foods are    38    less expensive then. Lastly, choose fruits and vegetables that have a bright, fresh     39  . A good colour is often a     40   that the food has a lot of vitamins. 

    What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one mans：Mark Twain. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain was his pen name. When Twain was 4, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was attracted greatly with life along the river - the steamboats, the big wooden boats, and the people who worked on them.

    The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country is one of Twain's best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days. There's also a fence-painting competition to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this competition comes from a scene in Torn Sawyer, in which Torn has been told to paint the fence in front of the house be lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he persuades them to paint with him for fun, and they all join in the "fun". By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!

Although the story of Tom Sawyer is not true, it's based on fact. If you go to Hannibal,, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.

33. Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs       .

    A. at the age of four         B. in the same book

    C. in different stories       D. on the steamboats

34. The fence-painting competition comes from       .

    A. Mark Twain's suggestion       B. a story in Jumping Frog

    C. the life of people in boats   D. a scene in Tom Sawyer

35. The sentence "the fence has three coats of paint!" means that"    ".

    A. all of Tom's friends wear three coats

    B. the fence has been painted three times

    C. three new coats are hanging on the fence

D. they have drawn three coats on the fence

1.      I seem to have _________ (删除) a file by mistake.

2.      If nobody ________ (反对) , we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.

3.      I was hired by the first company I _______（申请）to.

4.      My secretary will call you to arrange (an) _______（方便的）time to meet .

5.      Her ________ （谈论）on the employment question have led to a heated discussion.

6.      I found little Celia ______（抽噎）in the bedroom because she’d broken her favourite doll.

7.      Qualification are important but ______ (实践的）experience is always an advantage.